Davao Light and Power Company started implementing a maximum of one-hour rotating power interruptions Monday (May 11) after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) imposed a load curtailment due to about 200MW deficiency in the entire Mindanao grid.
A seven-year old child drowned in a 4-feet deep pool in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte.
A labor group said fewer Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in the last quarter because of the proliferation of “pagpag” (food from scraps) and not because of the Aquino administration.
Human rights group Karapatan said today that the court denied the motion to release political prisoner Miradel Torres who has her five-month old son with her in prison.
Four residents of Purok 4-A, Isla Verde were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Monday morning.
The recent findings of the Commission on Audit shows the government’s selectivity in prosecuting officials who were involved in the anomalous Disbursement Acceleration Program and Priority Development Assistance Fund contracts, a lawmaker said.
Davao Today, a news and multimedia website established in 2005, joins the rest of the Davao media in a photo exhibit at the SM City Davao which runs from May 11 to May 15. The exhibit is dubbed “Let Journalism Thrive”.
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines today called on the public to submit for the Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV as the country observes the National HIV Testing Week this May 11 to May 15.
Militant lawmaker from Mindanao said all hearings on the Bangsamoro Basic Law should be public as she expressed misgivings at the confidentiality of the amended draft distributed to lawmakers.
Activists held a Mother’s Day walk for overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso calling for her immediate repatriation from Indonesia.
